Where to Store Extra Bed Pillows...In Plain Sight

There was a time that we had people sleeping over a lot....when the kids were growing up and had friends stay with us or when family comes to visit. Times have changed and kids have grown up, but we still have family that comes throughout the year.

In years past, when sleep overs were common, I had big storage bags made up with the sheets, pillows, blankets and the air mattress all set to go for that person. I don't have that set up any more, but I still have a lot of "extras" to store...like bed pillows.

Here's where I store my extra bed pillows now..."in plain sight".

Inside Pillow Shams!!

There are other ways I've stored them over the years too...

The times where I squeezed them into the top shelf of closets or cupboards or in these big plastic bins.

I still have a few in these boxes now.

I also used these space bags when I made up the bed kits. They're good, but I don't use them as much.

The pillow sham storage is the best for me at the moment.

It kills 2 birds with one stone, as they say..."stores" guest pillows in the shams and it also "saves" me from buying extra pillows when I make the pillow shams!!

These shams were store bought with the quilt on my bed, but I sometimes make mine the same way.

Easy ties on the back to access the inside of the pillow.

Stores the guest pillow perfectly!

We keep our own sleeping bed pillows behind all the shams and the shams are not on the bed when we are sleeping.

Courtney's room has lots of decorative pillows too...great storage again.

Kelsie's room too.

The girls' rooms have the European shams which are large and square. Those can sometimes fit 2 regular bed pillows instead of buying the expensive European pillow.

I know for some people, space is limited. Hopefully you can use this idea to store your pillows too...right there in plain site!!

Have a great day,
~Karen~